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Hi I moved house a year ago, 2 radiators didn’t warm up much last winter, reconfigured the space and swapped these 2 for a larger single radiator. Filled up and a number of radiators wouldn’t warm up, put x400 in wondering if there was a blockage but eventually worked out that 8 of the trv’s...

Hi Im having a new kitchen and currently wiring the lights, its a u shaped kitchen with the bit by the dining room a breakfast bar, plan is attached. Breakfast bar I was considering 2-3 pendants over the top, kitchen would be downlights but we're not having any wall cupboards so if its a bit...

Hi We have knocked 2 rooms into 1 and fitted a bifold which is approximately 3m wide, the area is approximately 40sqm and I’m wondering how best to heat this space. Builder is recommending we dig up the concrete floor and have wet UFH, this part of the house was built in the early 90’s and...

hi I’m looking into the possibility of installing a battery storage unit, when the EV is not charging we used 15 - 20kw a day. Electric tariff is Octopus intelligent, car charging is 7.5p per kw. I know Octopus can integrate with the Tesla powerwall 3 but it references solar, we don’t have...

Hi Moved house last August, there a concrete path around the house and not much drainage, the water collects in 3 locations. I was considering coring a 4 inch hole through the concrete and putting a drain cover over the hole, I presume the water is draining through cracks etc but should I be...

HI I've had some MDF sliding wardrobe doors made (shaker style) looking to get these painted, they still have dust on them in places from the sanding, whats the best way to remove the dust and to seal them, will a wood primer be ok? Lastly for the finish paint, any particular paint to use? I...

Hi Very basic but I presume the washers have worn on my kitchen mixer tap, it’s now continually dripping. are there specific washers I need to get for this tap (attached) or is it a case of get a selection? Thanks

Hi I had BC out today to inspect a 2 story extension we've had built, builder did the shell and we did the internal ourselves, hes noted 3 items which we need to address, 2 of which I'm curious about. We have smoke detectors in the garage (attached), utility room, landing, new bedroom and...

Hi We’ve had a small leak from the shower and I’m trying to work out the extent of the repair required. It appears the corner bead is rusty, so does this need removing or can it be repaired at all? Thanks

Hi I have a fire door fitted between an attached garage and utility room, it’s plastered on the utility room side but not the garage and I suspect building control will want something in the gaps. Any idea what I can use, hinge side there is room for fire board but it’s only 50mm, there’s a...

Hi I’m attempting to fix the squeaky stair issue from underneath the stairs, the house was built in the 80’s and over the last couple of years they have got worse. I’ve seen a could of bits online but wondered what’s the best way, I was thinking glue round the joins and screw a 2x2 to the...

Hi for a 610mm door what would the internal dimension of the door lining need to be, looking at a 762mm lining it measures 770mm so I’m assuming it needs to be 618mm but want to double check thanks

Hi not sure if this would be better in the carpentry forum or not... I purchased my house with and extension already built in 2008, I want to remove the ceiling a vault it which would mean cutting away the ceiling joists. Would I need a roofer to look at it to determine if additional supports...

Hi I’ve been trying to balance my radiators and after the hearings been on for a 10 mins and settled most of the radiators are reaching around 50 degrees while 3 are just 26 degrees. question is do I restrict some of the ones reaching 50 degrees on the lock shield or open it to allow the water...

Hi I have a detached house and the drive slopes down towards the garage with no drainage in front of the garage, the water runs down the drive into the path to the side of the garage. so I want to put a Aco drain in front of the garage but not sure where I can run the water to, there isn’t any...

Hi I’ve built a raised bed which is a retaining wall as well, i was talking to a friend who said I should line the inside of the sleepers, just looking for advice, picture below. I was initially thinking of putting gravel between the soil and the sleeper so it just drains but now I’m not so...

Hi I have a Greenstar i24 boiler which I noticed had the reset light flashing, the pressure was on 0 - it’s in the loft so I hadn’t noticed it. I filled it back up and pressed reset for 3 seconds, it tries to fire up but it locks out again Any ideas or do I need someone out? thanks

What should I lay sleepers onto, I can’t imagine straight onto soil is ideal so I was thinking of concrete square pads at the end of each sleep so they have some support is the best way or lay a try mix under the sleepers so it goes off over time Thanks

Hi I'm looking at rebuilding a retaining wall from railway sleepers laid flat so they are 200mm wide and 100mm high, it will be 2 x U shaped sections 5m long x 300mm deep (small flower bed) but I have some questions. The steps between the two levels has been built using a pre made step...

Hi I’m having the stair carpet replaced and want to try and cure the squeak on each tread. I’ve tried screwing down into the riser but that didn’t work - I’ve since seen comment about pilot drilling the step so the screw just bites into the riser not the step. I have no access to the u...